The 2000 Alabama Supreme Court election was held on November 7, 2000, to elect five justices to the Alabama Supreme Court. Primary elections were held on June 6, 2000. Justices serve six-year terms.
Summary of results
Before electionPartyAfter electionPartyPerry Hooper Sr.RepRoy MooreRepRalph CookDemLyn StuartRepChamp LyonsRepChamp LyonsRepJohn H. EnglandDemThomas A. WoodallRepAlva Hugh MaddoxDemRobert B. Harwood Jr.RepHarold SeeRepNo electionJ. Gorman Houston Jr.RepNo electionJean BrownRepNo electionDouglas JohnstonDemNo election
Chief Justice
Republican primary Candidates Nominee Roy Moore, Etowah County circuit judge.
Eliminated in primary Harold See, incumbent Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama. Pam Baschab, judge of the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. Wayne Thorn, Jefferson County circuit judge.
Declined Perry Hooper Sr., incumbent Chief Justice.
Results
General election Candidates Republican: Roy Moore, Etowah County circuit judge. Democratic: Sharon Yates, judge of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.
Results
Place 1
General election
Candidates Republican: Lyn Stuart, Baldwin County circuit judge. Democratic: Ralph Cook, incumbent Associate Justice.
Results
Place 2
Place 2 was originally held by Democratic Justice Terry L. Butts, who was elected to the position in 1994. However, Butts retired from the court in 1998 to run for Attorney General, but was defeated by William H. Pryor Jr.. Republican Governor Fob James appointed Champ Lyons to succeed him on March 23, 1998.
General election
Candidates Republican: Champ Lyons, incumbent Associate Justice. Libertarian: Sydney Albert 'Al' Smith, Elba lawyer.
Results
Place 3
Place 3 was originally held by Democratic Justice Mark Kennedy, before he retired in 1999. That same year, Democratic Governor Don Siegelman appointed John H. England to fill the remainder of Kennedy's term.
General election
Candidates Republican: Thomas A. Woodall, Jefferson County circuit judge. Democratic: John H. England, incumbent Associate Justice.
Results
Place 4
Place 4 was held by Democratic Justice Alva Hugh Maddox, who chose not to seek reelection.
General election
Candidates Republican: Robert B. Harwood Jr., Tuscaloosa County circuit judge and son of Robert B. Harwood. Democratic: Richard Joel Laird, Calhoun County circuit judge.
Results
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